Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H6680
צָוָה
tsa.vah · “to command”
Used 496 times across 27 books
Definition
1) to command, charge, give orders, lay charge, give charge to, order
1a)(Piel)
1a1) to lay charge upon
1a2) to give charge to, give command to
1a3) to give charge unto
1a4) to give charge over, appoint
1a5) to give charge, command
1a6) to charge, command
1a7) to charge, commission
1a8) to command, appoint, ordain (of divine act)
1b) (Pual) to be commanded
1a)(Piel)
1a1) to lay charge upon
1a2) to give charge to, give command to
1a3) to give charge unto
1a4) to give charge over, appoint
1a5) to give charge, command
1a6) to charge, command
1a7) to charge, commission
1a8) to command, appoint, ordain (of divine act)
1b) (Pual) to be commanded
Where it appears
Genesis27
Exodus54
Leviticus35
Numbers48
Deuteronomy88
Joshua43
Judges7
Ruth3
1 Samuel10
2 Samuel19
1 Kings18
2 Kings20
1 Chronicles12
2 Chronicles8
Ezra3
Nehemiah7
Esther9
Job3
Psalms15
Isaiah10
Jeremiah39
Lamentations4
Ezekiel6
Amos5
Nahum1
Zechariah1
Malachi1
In the text
Genesis 2:16And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:Genesis 3:11And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?Genesis 3:17And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;Genesis 6:22Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.Genesis 7:5And Noah did according unto all that the Lord commanded him.Genesis 7:9There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.Genesis 7:16And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the Lord shut him in.Genesis 12:20And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.Genesis 18:19For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.Genesis 21:4And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.
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